Miracle Path Goal And The Expectency Theroy Of Man

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Matthew Nachbauer Individual Paper Operations Management 680 July 6, 2011 Miracle Part 1 - Exploring Path-Goal Theory Motivation Part 2 - Expectancy Theory of Motivation Part 1 - Exploring Path-Goal Theory Motivation In the 2004 film, Miracle, Kurt Russell plays Hockey Coach Herb Brooks and leads his 1980 Olympic Hockey Team to the Gold Metal. The movie shows Brooks as he hand picks his players and molds them into a team that will ultimately beat an unbeatable Russian squad. Using the film we study Brooks using different styles in the Path-Goal Theory to motivate his players to excel beyond their limited talent. The Brooks character when measured against House’s Path-Goal Theory allows the viewer an insight into the day to day challenges, a bird’s eye view on the struggles between subornates, and an idea for the flexibility that is necessary to lead a group to attain a common goal. House’s Path-Goal Theory is a leadership theory that argues that subordinate’s motivation, satisfaction and work performance are reliant on the guidance and the leadership style chosen by their superior. This guidance is always changing depending on the nature of the work and the demand on the workforce. The path-goal theory supports the concept that it is the responsibility of the leader to assist their subordinates in accomplishing goals, provide direction, and compliment them with the necessary support to ensure that a goal or task is achieved. House suggests that a leader’s behavior is motivating so long as the behavior increases subordinate goal attainment and clarifies the paths to these goals. The Path-Goal Theory is separated into four very different leadership techniques. Directive leadership – A directive leader shares with their group specific advice, the current situation, what is expected, how the work should be done, and the time frame by which

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